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The FinOps Foundation just released the sixth installment of its annual State of FinOps report. The 2025 installment contains a few key themes: In this blog, we give a little more detail on each, highlighting key statistics and takeaways from the State of FinOps 2025.

That moment when your production system goes down, and you're stuck piecing together logs from twenty different services? It’s frustrating and slow—especially when you need answers fast. SIEM logs help bring order to this chaos, giving you a structured way to track security events and system activity. But understanding how to use them effectively isn’t always straightforward, and most documentation can feel more complicated than the problem itself.

Building dashboards one by one in Grafana can quickly become tedious. Clicking through the UI for every change isn’t exactly efficient. There’s a better way. The Grafana API lets you automate repetitive tasks and extend Grafana’s capabilities beyond the UI. If you're new to monitoring or managing a complex observability setup, understanding the API can make your workflow more efficient and scalable.

Debugging a Python app can be frustrating, especially when an unexpected crash leaves behind nothing but a vague error message. A well-configured exception log can make all the difference, turning guesswork into clear insights. Here’s how to set up logging that actually helps.

AI/ML development is getting a lot of attention as organizations rush to bring AI services into their business applications. While emerging MLOps practices are designed to make developing AI applications easier, the complexity and fragmentation of available MLOps tools often complicates the work of Data Scientists and ML Engineers, and lessens trust in what’s being delivered.

We are thrilled to announce that Squadcast is now a part of SolarWinds, marking a transformative milestone in our journey to redefine reliability and incident management. When we started Squadcast, our singular mission was clear–to help teams achieve greater reliability by transforming incident response into a proactive, automated, and intelligent process. Today, that mission takes a massive leap forward as we join forces with SolarWinds, a global leader in hybrid IT observability.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds onto the top spot with a 30% share of the global cloud infrastructure market. Despite fierce competition, AWS remains the leader by consistently driving innovation in AI and cloud computing. In this blog, we explore the latest advancements, from global infrastructure expansion to enhancements in cloud services’ availability and performance, as well as what AWS has planned for 2025.